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[ US /əˈpɫaɪd/ ]
[ UK /ɐplˈa‍ɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
    technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines
    applied psychology
    applied physics

How To Use applied In A Sentence

  • In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
  • IT'S a little disconcerting to walk into a hotel room and find a quintet of young men all wearing slap which is far more expertly applied than your own.
  • This not only prevents the paint from being absorbed once the background's applied, it's also vital for craquelure to be successful. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
  • Just the other day, I was almost run over by a two-wheeling speed demon who felt that a four-way stop applied to everyone but him and his Schwinn. Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On
  • Labor economics has become virtually a branch of applied econometrics, with the usual large data sets and headless horsemen running around looking for patterns.
  • Egg-laying adults are especially active during bloom, a time period when insecticides should not be applied.
  • The committee submitted guidelines that applied to off-air recording by nonprofit educational institutions.
  • Stahl Real Estate has applied to demolish two early 20th century buildings, but preservationists are firing back, arguing that the 190 rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments, which sit between 64th and 65th streets near York Avenue, have played a vital role housing lower- and middle-class tenants for nearly a century. New Spat Over Upper East Side Rent
  • The artificial DNA might be applied to a future extra cellular genetic system with information storage and amplifiable abilities. Artificial DNA Created
  • In fact, little by little the term necromancy lost its strict meaning and was applied to all forms of black art, becoming closely associated with alchemy, witchcraft, and magic. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
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